Title :
A novel RF front-end chipset for ISM band wireless applications
Author :
Admane, Prashant ; Patasani, Manoj ; Viswanathan, Biju
Abstract :
This paper describes an RF front-end chip-set for ISM band wireless applications. It contains a high power SPDT switch, a low noise amplifier and a power amplifier. A novel design approach has been adapted to carry out the designs to achieve the best possible performance on various parameters like low noise figure, high speed, low insertion loss, good linearity and good power added efficiency. A unique process technology has been identified to realize these conflicting specifications simultaneously. The philosophy of realization of all these designs as cascadable blocks has eased the integration issues as a single chip-set. The novelty of the design is that the MMIC chip can be used for ISM band RF front-end applications and the constituent blocks can be used individually as independent ICs.
Keywords :
MMIC amplifiers; MMIC power amplifiers; circuit simulation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; integrated circuit noise; microwave switches; 2.4 to 2.5 GHz; ISM band wireless; MESFET switch; MMIC; RF front-end chipset; cascadable blocks; circuit speed; high power SPDT switch; insertion loss; linearity; low noise amplifier; noise figure; power added efficiency; power amplifier; High power amplifiers; Insertion loss; Linearity; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Performance loss; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency identification; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design, 2003. Proceedings. 16th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1868-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICVD.2003.1183112